38:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 3 The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,
“my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may consider 4 and believe in me,
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and none will outlive me. 5
1 tn The name means “a remnant will return.” Perhaps in this context, where the Lord is trying to encourage Ahaz, the name suggests that only a few of the enemy invaders will return home; the rest will be defeated.
2 tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “the Washerman’s Field.”
3 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying”; NRSV “became sick and was at the point of death.”
5 tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”